Do You like Your Neighborhood?

We love our neighborhood. We have some awesome friends here. The boys could walk to the elementary school and bus stops in front of our house for the middle and high schools. We have a love/hate relationship with our house. It was our dream home, but it is built so poorly that we are still trying to fix things after 13 years.
However, I will move at the first opportunity because of the alcoholics next door who think they are entitled to do what ever they want.

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I love my neighborhood...I hate the two idiots that live across from each other, get drunk and fight. Seriously, have called the cops on them twice. I don't understand, if you don't like each other, why don't you just stay the hell away from one another?

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Eh--it's OK.

It would be considered a nice, safe neighborhood.
I think the community overall is a bit dull...which is the perfect petri dish for drama!

People still ignore stop signs, drive over the speed limit.
My son's buds are just a *little* too far away for them to walk to each other's houses but we're getting closer to the day....

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I do love my neighborhood and my town. And being able to go into the city when I want, without having to LIVE in the city.

So glad you like yours too (except for the old biddy you wrote about the other day!)

D.

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Nope. People drive too fast down the street and there's no kids my son's age.

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I love living our in the boonies but being so close to Rte 1 it is only 15 minutes to Walmart,Target, Kohls' without traffic, and I don't have to get on 95.
We all have 10+ acres.
I do wish there were more kids around and the busstop was not 1/2 mile away.

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I love my hood. I hate that it is in the hood.

I am very active and make my self known to those around me.

I am the neighborhood house..Which I love.

We are pretty much best friends with the people next to us. They have been talking about moving pretty far away.....I will be heart broken if this ever really does happen!

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I also like my neighborhood and have always had very nice neighbors. Everyone seems to know each other and are willing to help if needed. We do have our first little problem brewing. It's really bothering me because it seems like I'm the one that has to suck it up if I want good relations. Our neighbors next and across to us are father/daughter, and boyfriends/girlfriends. They have 4 dogs between them. I put my dog out on a leash to do his business. He likes to sit out there sometimes and sometimes he wants to come in right away. He barks when he wants to come back in. Well being a good neighbor, I run right out and get him immediately. BUT, sometimes I may be changing a diaper and it might be a minute before I can get out there. So after doing this for 3 straight years I've been informed ....that is they informed my 11 year old daughter... that he works night and my dog is making their dogs bark inside their houses. He's getting woke up and he's tired of it. GRRR... If their dogs are in the backyard I can't even get the mail or throw a bag of garbage out without them barking their heads off. They also go out and get them the minute they start barking. Sorry....this isn't your question...

I love my neighbors. I just wish I didn't have to stop letting my dog sit outside for fear of bothering people.

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Yes most of the houses around us have 5-20 acres of land!!! Country feel but oh...still so close to the city...Safe and quiet and ideal for my kiddos!! :)

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Our town is little 500 people. So we know everyone, everyone knows us. I like that... to a point. Its nice to know that if my kids are walking around and something happens or they mess up I know the people well enough that they will come to me and fill me in.

With it being such a small town... everyone knows your business. Sometimes they even know that I stubbed my toe before I did! That part annoys me so much. There is always gossip, worse than a high school girls locker room.

If I was to change anything it would be to get back out in the country, I miss the wildlife being all around me. Nothing like looking out the window and seeing deer or turkey eating out in the fields.... unlike looking out my window now and see my neighbor looking back. Just not the same affect! :)

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I do.
I remember when my husband and I bought our first house we used to drive through our current neighborhood with dreamy eyes and thoughts of raising a family here. It is a nice hood, all of the houses are maintained very well, it's safe, park and lake across street, beach 1.2 mile bike ride, lots of close shopping and places to eat. My sons private school is 15 to 20 minutes away, which is kinda stressful because I'm a late bird! There are just enough kids to keep the drama at a minimum.

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Yes, I love my neighborhood! It's very friendly and we know all our neighbors. All the kids play together and often I have a whole gaggle of kids coming over to our house. I love it! Our kids love having all these other kids around to ride bikes with or whatever. I have nice neighbors to chat with at the bus stop and everyone helps each other out. The older neighbor kids are our pet sitters and our babysitters. We have gotten to know these older kids very well and they are super sweet kids. Our street has a block party once a year which is also nice. I could not ask for a nicer neighborhood!

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I loved most of my old neighborhood. We had to move, our house was a 2 bedroom and only 1000 square feet. We have 3 kids, and needed more space.

Now that I've been in our new neighborhood for 2 years, I love it even more. It took until this fall really, but the adjustment was worth it. Now my kids can walk to school, I know all the neighbors, and my house is perfect.

If you think you need a new house, really think about your needs. Then, neighborhood shop as well as house shop. The neighborhood is as important as the house.

J.

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makes all the difference, doesn't it? !!

yes, we have a good neighborhood. Been here for 21 years & appreciate the thought/caring from one & all. Thru the years, there have been a few bad eggs....but if you're patient, they're gone before very long & peace returns. A very good thing!

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Too. many. kids. Too. many. parents. It sometimes seems so social that I have to hide in my house for privacy or for some space. NOT what I imagined living somewhere I thought I really wanted to be would actually be like. Other than that, I love it and love our house!

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The only thing my house or neighborhood is missing is a beach behind it. ;) They could at least have a pool...geez. The neighborhood behind us has a huge pool. We take walks to the pool and just look at it. :( Boo.

But we came from a not so nice location. It was my #1 goal since the day my first was born was to raise my kids in a nice neighborhood. I was very picky about the location, street, etc. By the time my 1st was 2, we were building a house in a fantastic neighborhood and I am so thankful and proud that we worked our tails off to make it happen. Peace of mind is priceless! So, yes, I like it. :)

I loved my old neighborhood: 3 community parties (4th of July, Back to School, and Christmas---complete with Mr and Mrs Clause, hired "elves", real reindeer, toy soldiers on stilts, snowmen and rudolph (costumed characters), carolers (school choir kids, church groups), cookie exchange, hot chocolate and cider while the kids get pictures with Santa, a large inflatable screen to play wii for the kids, lazer tag, hay rides, etc); we had 7 houses within walking distance where we had parties pretty often: 11 kids birthdays, some adult birthdays, some just for fun or seasonal foods parties, etc. When we moved in, everyone came and introduced themselves, when I had only lived there for a month and had knee surgery, a family 3 doors down came and brought my son some new little toys (a puzzle, some hot wheels, colors and a coloring book) for quiet play. We all did trick or treating together, played neighborhood games where treats were left at your doorstep, we could walk to the duck pond, playground, and spray park. The pool area was landscaped and had 6 pools in it (lap pool, waterfall lagoon thing, waterslides, resort pool, playground in a pool, baby pool) and tennis, basketball, lots of playgrounds in the community and very close to outdoor soccer and baseball fields, a skate park, an indoor soccer arena, a bounce house place, and award winning schools. Loved it! There were playgroups, LOTS of clubs, several neighborhood sports teams listed.
We're in a nice neighborhood now, walking distance to the schools, 1 mile from the playground, tennis, and pool. Golf courses all around. 15 minutes from the beaches. But the community itself is a little boring right now. People walk and play golf a lot, and they are friendly enough, but keep to themselves more. I miss the comradery of the old neighborhood but I think with time this will be good.

Yes. I love my neighborhood. It's quiet, and is very family friendly. Lots of families with kids. My daughter's bus stop is just the next street up from where we live, and all of our neighbors are all very friendly.

I love my neighborhood and my neighbors. But I have a huge problem. I moved into a 4 street little neighborhood at the end of a bendy curvy road, surrounded by undeveloped wooded area and trees, with a little stream running through it. It was cool, because it's right in the middle of one of the biggest metroplexes in the country. It was a nice, scenic little drive to my neighborhood. Then, one day the bulldozers came and leveled EVERYTHING! The are building a new highway and it is going to run right alongside my little hidden neighborhood. Literally 6 houses down from me, at the end of my block. Thousands of trees have been removed. What used to be green is now dirt. WHen the construction stops, the traffic will start. It's quite disgusting. But, I still love my neighbors and probably wont move unless it just gets unbearable.

My House is ok, a boring ranch. BUT our neighbors are great we live on a street with only one way in and one way out. We are missing more kids my daughters ages. We do have a few but we mostly have retired or close to retiring ages folks in our hood. The neighbors across the street always stop over with presents for my kids, b-day presents, x-mas, or little gifts from baby showers...we watch out for them too. We plow their driveway in the winter and take their mail to them on the days we are home. Our nieghbors on our driveway side are super nice too, I can go to their garden for whatever I need and they dont care, their grandkids always come play on the swing set with my girls. Now as long as the drunk on the other side stays single, she is harmless too LOL

We love our house, the lot it's on and the location (LOVE the location). If I could change anything, it would be some of our neighbors. They treat me like trash b/c I'm not a SAHM!!!! It's ridiculous and none of them have room to be so snobby but they are. Oh well, at least I get to snicker when the worst one of all has fights in her driveway with her husband. Yea, I'm the trashy one b/c I have a job...some people need to learn the art of introspection!!!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE my neighborhood....did I tell you that I LOVE my neighborhood?!?!?!

My next door neighbor's treat my boys like their grandchildren - never forgetting a holiday for them...their home is always open to them...

I walk with one of my neighbors....

My other neighbor and I go out for lunch or dinner...

like you, the only thing I don't like about my neighborhood? There are only 4 kids...wish there were more...but we live at the end of a cul-de-sac so my kids can ride their bikes or razors safely.

YAY!!!! We've been here 15 years and while I really "like" my house, there are things I would love to change about it so I keep looking for other "homes" but just can't find one that says "BUY ME" and I just don't know if I would have this same neighborhood again....